For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

For more than a century, scientists have been piecing together the puzzle of human evolution, examining fossil evidence to ...

The fossils indicate that P. boisei ’s human-like hand proportions would have allowed it to handle stone tools with dexterity ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex ...

We evolved to band together and to use the power of numbers in social living. Modern internet trolling is an amplified ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

New research along Turkey’s Ayvalık coast reveals a once-submerged land bridge that may have helped early humans cross from ...

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

In partnership with Axis Research & Technologies, the university intends to build a 36,000-square-foot surgical center with ...

Tesla Monson receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Andrew Weitz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from ...